<p>I’ve got several questions, mainly regarding supplements and then other stuff. I’ll be applying next year by the way but just think i should get prepared.</p>
<li>Creative Writing Supplement (where they’re accepted)</li>
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<li>how much difference do these make to your apps?</li>
<li>if the person(s) reading it does not like it, then is my app jeopardized?</li>
<li>what should be the idea length? (i’m writing prose not poetry, probably microfiction though)</li>
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<li>Scientific Research Supplement</li>
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<li>what level of research would be considered good enough? i’m working pretty much at a level expected of a grad student in my field (computational chemistry) but i’m not going to have enough time to publish prior to application. </li>
<li>in light of not publishing, is it still worth submitting my abstract?</li>
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<li>Supplemental Recommendations</li>
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<li>over the past few years, i’ve done stuff like research and volunteering in various places out of a school context.
-should i send supplemental recommendations? </li>
<li>and if i do, how many should i send? (i was thinking 2 in addition to the required recs)</li>
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<li>Yr 8 Significant Accomplishments</li>
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<li>some of my most significant achievements (including a gold at a national youth festival for drama) comes from my 8th grade. i’ve also got one writing award that can nicely complements my writing supplement as well as a role as youth ambassador of my school to a community development council. how do i work these into my app, because in my view, they’re rather significant things that have aided my growth, which is essentially what colleges want right?</li>
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<li>Rising Trends and ‘Forgiving’ the Freshman/Soph GPA</li>
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<p>-i’m an international and in my school we have one helluva hard curriculum. for illustration, a bunch of APs are the absolute bare minimum expected of all students in my school and most of us get fives in every AP we take.
- keeping that in mind, and factoring in my focus on creative writing instead of my academics during my first two years of HS, my grades suffered.
- but i’ve got one of the strongest rising trends you’d expect (it’s phenomenal)
- so do you supppose top schools (like columbia, chicago, cornell, penn, etc.) will forgive my first two years after seeing my junior and senior grades (i’m applying only after senior yr) and excellent SATs, excellent ECs, good if not excellent recs and probably excellent essays. </p>
<p>cheers.</p>